Falun World Heritage site in Falun, Dalarna, Sweden | Coffee Shop | Museum | Tours | Functions and Conferences | Conference Centre | Copper Mine | Mine Museum

Welcome to Falun Mine and the Falun World Heritage site in Falun, Dalarna County in Sweden.

Falun in Dalarna County was added to the World Heritage List at the meeting of Unesco?s World Heritage Committee in Helsinki on 13 December 2001. The Falun World Heritage site consists of three parts: The Mine Landscape, The Urban Landscape and the Master Miner?s Landscape.

Unesco?s citation read: ?The historical industrial landscape surrounding Stora Kopparberget (the Great Copper Mountain) and Falun constitutes one of the most outstanding areas of mining and the production of metals. The mining operation was closed down at the end of the twentieth century, but for hundreds of years it had exerted a strong influence on technical, social and political developments in Sweden and other European countries.?

Guided Tours of Falun Mine, 1 h.
Experience a world under ground!

Christmas at the Falun Mine
December 26 - January 6

Café at the Falun Mine
Traditional Swedish old style café.
Open Thursday to Sunday at 10-6.

Meet the eagle owl at Falun Mine
The biggest owl in the world live in the wild
in the Great Pit.

Hold a conference on historic ground
To add that special touch to your conference,
combine it with a guided tour of the mine!

The World Heritage House; Visitors Center
The entrance to the Falun World Heritage site. Information, tickets, exhibition and shop.

The Mining Museum
See the new coin cabinet and learn the story of the coins that were made from Falun copper.

Geschwornergården
Lunch buffet Mon-Fre at 11-2.
Coffee Shop Mon-Fri at 10-4.

Welcome to the World Heritage Falun Mine
The pyramids of Egypt reach to the sky. In the World Heritage Falun Mine you visit the world beneath us!

The Mine Shop
In the shop at Falun Mine you will find presents and souvenirs of high quality.

Swedish design
Shabby Chic. Traditional and modern design for your home.

Stone polishing shop
Minerals and jewellery from the World Heritage Falun Mine and other parts of the world.

The Mine Hospital at Falun Mine
The exhibition tells about 300 years of health care at Falun Mine.

The silversmith
Meet the silversmith Peter Blom at the Coppermine.

Falun Mine Conference
Falun Mine has one of Dalarna?s finest Conference Centres, which has won prizes for its tasteful, discreet and functional architecture.

Falun Mine Conference offers good service and first-class food and drink in the midst of the historical World Heritage site.

Combine your conference here with a guided tour under or above ground. We also arrange dinner and entertainment!
Just call us and we will customize package solutions to suit your wishes.


Guided tour of Falun Mine
Exciting new entrance to Falun Mine!
Experience the exciting new route down into the underground and the visitor?s mine. Here you discover a world of winding steps, huge underground chambers and impressive sunk shafts.

The temperature in the mine is about +5 degrees Celsius all year round. We recommend robust, warm clothes and boots since there is a risk of getting stains on trouser legs and footwear. The tour goes via a stair tower with a view of the Great Pit, down into the mine to a depth of 67 metres below ground level. Return to the surface by lift. The walk through the mine is about 700 metres, of which 150 metres is steps. The tour last one hour.

Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year?s Eve and New Year?s Day. Programmes for children and families and extra Tours during school holidays and major public holidays.